Sinopec Guangzhou Company was founded in 1973 with a factory of 365 ha (5475 mu), 5300 employees, 12 million tons of crude oil processing capacity in 2011 and about RMB 6.49 million of output. So far, the Company has a primary refinery capacity of 15.7 million tons/year, comprehensive processing capacity of 13.2 million tons/year and ethylene of 220,000 tons/year. Its products include liquefied petroleum gas, gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, aromatic hydrocarbons, asphalt, polypropylene and polyethylene.